Investors are bullish on AI as Nvidia's stocks soar. However, wealth managers warn of risks, including a potential bubble and existential threats to society.
Goldman Sachs strategists found AI stocks outperform their credit peers. AI firms with strong balance sheets are set to benefit as demand for generative AI grows.
The S&P 500's 10% gain is mainly due to Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Nvidia, whose $2.9tn net worth represented 96% of the benchmark's progress in 2023.
C3.ai's stock price surge of over 20% ahead of their earnings report is attributed to their integration with Amazon and Alphabet's cloud divisions. As a pure play on the AI space, investors seek returns with tomorrow's earnings report being the market-matching driver or disappointment and volatility.
Wall Street is showing increased interest in AI stocks with Nvidia's promising revenue guidance boosting market value by almost $200bn in a day. The top performers so far in 2023 are C3.ai, Nvidia, AMD, Marvell Technology, Cadence Design Systems, Synopsys, Broadcom, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Taiwan Semiconductor. C3.ai saw a gain of 260.8%, and Nvidia's CEO is respected for developing graphics processors and chips essential to AI and gaming. C3.ai uses machine learning to provide predictive analytics software solutions to businesses, and shares have risen considerably since the company went public in December 2020.